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CHAP. 43.—PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN
NATIONS. THE SCYTHICE: ONE REMEDY.

Entire nations, too, have been the discoverers of certain
plants. The Scythæ were the first to discover the plant known
as "scythice,"1 which grows in the vicinity of the Palus2
Mæotis. Among its other properties, this plant is remarkably
sweet, and extremely useful for the affection known as
"asthma." It is also possessed of another great recommendation—so long as a person keeps it in his mouth, he will never3
experience hunger or thirst.

1 Generally agreed to be identical with the Glycyrrhiza of B. xxii. c. 2,
our Liquorice. Fée says that the G. asperrima grows in great abundance
on the banks of the river Volga.

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